Ellison Carter

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Ellison Carter is an environmental engineer whose research lies at the intersection of exposure science, aerosol measurement, and global health. Her work addresses critical challenges in characterizing personal and community-level exposures to air pollution, particularly in low-resource settings. A standout contribution is her development of a high-throughput, robotic system for gravimetric analysis of aerosol sampling filters, published in 2021. This innovation tackles a fundamental bottleneck in air quality research—the tedious, error-prone process of weighing filters—by automating the workflow, thereby increasing accuracy, speed, and reproducibility. With 19 citations, this work has already proven valuable for labs conducting large-scale exposure studies. Beyond this technical achievement, Carter’s broader research portfolio focuses on household air pollution, indoor and outdoor air quality in developing regions, and the health impacts of particulate matter. Her work is instrumental in advancing methods that enable more robust epidemiological studies, ultimately supporting evidence-based policies to reduce the global burden of disease from air pollution.